Ipad not connecting to wifi

I have had an ipad for 6 - 7 months now and have had no trouble with it connecting to my home wifi internet. However, suddenly it will not connect, and hasn't done for a couple of days now. I have looked in Settings and can see that it recognises the network by name but just keeps waiting to connect. Very frustrating!

My laptop, my daughter's ipad and husband's desktop are all fine - so it seems to be something to do with my device? Of course I can't look at the userguide because I can't access it!

You will need turn wifi on, let is serach for your router, rejoining your network and enter your router password when it asks, all in that link i sent.

I've put the password in now, and I am back to square one!!

That is, it says wifi is using my network in the settings section to the left of the screen. On the right, the 'waiting' circle (whatever that's called..) just keeps going around and around and it's not actually working.....

Never mind, lettice, you have been very helpful but I don't think there's much more I can do. Unfortunately I live a long way from any of the listed Apple service people but I'll have to get someone to look at it I think...

Unless you have any other ideas? I wouldn't like to give up if there is anything more I can do.

Struggling to think what could be the problem, it can get quite complicated from here
as its not your router if others are connecting and no router changes.
But what your seeing is it trying to connect, you may connect shortly, But see below,

Being brave as you say, resetting just sets the wifi to factory settings for your wifi network connection and saves having to play about with many old options. It does not make any other changes to your iPad.

Notice you have only had it 6-7 months, why not try apple support online, you do not have to take it to an apple store. They are very helpful and its free within your 1st year (or two if you bought in Waitrose);
Go here to request uk support to call you;http://www.apple.com/uk/support/
Click on Contact Apple Support
Click on Get Started
Click on ipad
Click on internet and airprint
Select poor wireless signal or connection
Then in the 'Does the product work in another location?' pull-down, choose No and click on continue
Click on schedule a call and follow the screen prompts.

Struggling to think what could be the problem, it can get quite complicated from here
as its not your router if others are connecting and no router changes.
But what your seeing is it trying to connect, you may connect shortly, But see below,

Being brave as you say, resetting just sets the wifi to factory settings for your wifi network connection and saves having to play about with many old options. It does not make any other changes to your iPad.

Notice you have only had it 6-7 months, why not try apple support online, you do not have to take it to an apple store. They are very helpful and its free within your 1st year (or two if you bought in Waitrose);
Go here to request uk support to call you;http://www.apple.com/uk/support/
Click on Contact Apple Support
Click on Get Started
Click on ipad
Click on internet and airprint
Select poor wireless signal or connection
Then in the 'Does the product work in another location?' pull-down, choose No and click on continue
Click on schedule a call and follow the screen prompts.

Hope you fix it

Thanks lettice...think I'll try this, but may be tomorrow now. Not sure I'm making much sense any more!

Looks like it sees the network... Try tapping the name, you will be prompted for the password, then more spinny thing, then...? Normally at this point you'd get connected... sorry we can't be more helpful

Is your iPad synched to your computer using iTunes? If so you may want to try and upgrade the iPad software via iTunes. There is a new iOS version 6.1.3 out now, it may not make a difference to your WiFi problem, but it is certainly worth a try.

Is your iPad synched to your computer using iTunes? If so you may want to try and upgrade the iPad software via iTunes. There is a new iOS version 6.1.3 out now, it may not make a difference to your WiFi problem, but it is certainly worth a try.

Err....the answer to that is, I'm not sure

It is synched for email etc and I have an Apple cloud 'control panel' But how or whether that would enable me to update the iOS from the laptop, I don't know. I've been putting off doing it on the ipad itself, to be honest, as everything was going so smoothly!! Ironic, really

Have you checked your router settings? It's possible the router is blocking your iPad from accessing the internet.

Most routers will have a section where they show you the devices connected to the internet, you might want to check that for some reason your device isn't being blocked.

As another poster also stated, try connecting to another network, if you have a phone that can create its own wifi hotspot give that a go or take the tablet to a McDonalds or Starbucks and see if it will connect to the free wifi.

Have you checked your router settings? It's possible the router is blocking your iPad from accessing the internet.Most routers will have a section where they show you the devices connected to the internet, you might want to check that for some reason your device isn't being blocked.

As another poster also stated, try connecting to another network, if you have a phone that can create its own wifi hotspot give that a go or take the tablet to a McDonalds or Starbucks and see if it will connect to the free wifi.

Have you tried apple support, they are very helpful. I have 10 iPads within my business and they have just helped me without fail on a couple of occasions. That is home support not any kind of business deal.
They will take you through the wifi home setup if it seems wrong, They did for me for one of my girls.
We had an ipad mini that actually got replaced after a few months with a wifi fault, they just replaced no quibbs over phone support.

Seriously, you need to try connecting it to another wireless network to try and narrow down the problem.

Also, if you can't find the advanced router settings, doing a full reset of the router will probably fix this. Obviously that will mean the SSID and password revert to the default manufacturer ones though.